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"Information Please" and there was nothing she did not know.
One day while my mother was out, I hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there
was no one home to give me any sympathy. I walked around the house, finally arriving at the telephone!
Quickly, I called "Information Please" and told her what happened. She told me to open the icebox and
hold a little piece of ice to my finger. After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. When my
pet bird died, I told "Information Please" the sad story. She tried to comfort me, she said quietly, "Paul,
always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on
the telephone, "How do you spell "grateful"?". All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest.
When I was 9, we moved to Boston. A few years later, on my way to college, my plane put down in Seattle.
I had about half an hour or so between planes. Without thinking, I dialed my hometown operator and said,
"Information, please."
Surprisingly, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well, "Information." I hadn"t planned on this but
I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell "grateful"?" There was a long pause. Then
came the soft-spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have healed by now." I laughed. "So it"s really
still you," I said, "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time." I told her
how often I had thought of her over the years and asked if I could call her again. "Please do," she said,"
Just ask for Sally."
Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered me. I was told that Sally passed
away five weeks before.
Before I could hang up she told me that Sally left a message for me-"Tell him I still say there are other
worlds to sing in. He"ll know what I mean." I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant. Never
underestimate the impression you may make on others. Whose life have you touched today?
B. A special kind of telephone.
C. A communication system.
D. A service that helps telephone users.
B. He hurt his finger with a hammer.
C. He found an amazing telephone.
D. He got a piece of ice from an icebox.
B. Good memories and happiness.
C. Sympathy and information.
D. Friendship and cheers.
B. When his plane stopped in Seattle for half an hour.
C. When he went back to Seattle to visit his sister.
D. Three months later after he moved to Boston.
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试题【阅读理解。 When I was quite young, I discovered that somewhere inside the telepho】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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"Keith, have I done anything that really 1 your feeling?"
Immediately, he said, "Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you 3
gave it to me."
The 4 was that I"d completely forgotten about it. I 5 , "Is there anything else I"ve done wrong, but didn"t
apologize for?"
Again, his 6 was immediate, "Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the 7 because
Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and 8 in a hurry. Remember?"
"Well, you left and 9 the suitcase." I couldn"t believe he 10 all the details! "After you came back from the
hospital you were 11 . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and 12 had been thrown all over the
place. And you 13 me."
"And you didn"t do it?" I asked. "No, I didn"t. I was just searching for my gift."
My heart sank. I felt 14 . I hugged Keith and asked him to 15 me. His honesty made me think of our other
son, Kevin. Maybe I"d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the 16 question. Kevin"s answer was as
immediate as his 17 , "Last Christmas you 18 us a special toy, but you forgot about it."
19 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised.
The 20 thing wasn"t the toy. The problem was I"d made a promise too lightly and didn"t keep it as their father.
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| A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little "gift" in its mouth-a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to 1 it as the bunny (小兔子) that 2 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt 3 , believing his cat had killed Mary"s bunny. My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan. 4 from the cat"s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a 5 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to 6 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blow-dried the bunny 7 it looked pretty good. Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it 8 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very 9 there in his little box. The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people 10 around the rabbit hutch (笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend 11 to go over and act like any normal 12 neighbor and find out what was going on. When he got there, Mary"s mother said to my friend, "You won"t believe this! It"s a(n) 13 thing! Mary"s bunny 14 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…" Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters 15 . When we get caught doing something 16 , for example, we may 17 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary"s bunny, the result is 18 what we expected. We 19 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the 20 . What do you think of it? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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